The Count of Monte Cristo

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"There must be a good deal done before it can deserve that title, your
excellency, for the tapestried hangings are very old."

"Let them all be taken away and changed, then, with the exception of
the sleeping-chamber which is hung with red damask; you will leave
that exactly as it is." Bertuccio bowed. "You will not touch the garden
either; as to the yard, you may do what you please with it; I should
prefer that being altered beyond all recognition."

"I will do everything in my power to carry out your wishes, your
excellency. I should be glad, however, to receive your excellency's
commands concerning the dinner."

"Really, my dear M. Bertuccio," said the count, "since you have been
in Paris, you have become quite nervous, and apparently out of your
element; you no longer seem to understand me."